A2 Roadworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in theOfficial Report the cost of all roadworks undertaken on that stretch of the A2 roadway between Falconwood cemetery, Eltham and Pepper Hill, Swanscombe, from November 1984 to date; if he will adjust costs to reflect current prices; and if he will make a statement.

The cost of major roadworks undertaken since the beginning of November 1984 on the A2 between Falconwood cemetery, Eltham and Pepper Hill, Swanscombe, adjusted to reflect current prices and including the accepted tender prices for works at present in hand in the London borough of Bexley and Kent, is 16.1 million approximately. This figure comprises £10.9 million for major maintenance and, in Kent, £5.2 million for hard shoulder provision forming part of the A2 London boundary-M2 improvement scheme.